Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:21 - English Standard Version 2016 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Finally, Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is completed, so that I may take her to me. American Standard Version (1901) And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. Common English Bible Jacob said to Laban, “The time has come. Give me my wife so that I may sleep with her.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to Laban, "Give my wife to me. For now the time has been fulfilled, so that I may go in to her." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to Laban: Give me my wife; for now the time is fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. |
Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.
So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.
These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
He turned to her at the roadside and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”
Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
After some days, at the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife with a young goat. And he said, “I will go in to my wife in the chamber.” But her father would not allow him to go in.